Here’s an official publicity still of John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe in the James McTiegue-directed The Raven. A fictionalized account of Poe’s last days, Poe helps a young detective track a serial killer who’s been using Poe’s stories as a backdrop for his killings. And apparently, he does so with the help of… wait for it… A PET RAVEN. That’s so raven. Is it just me, or is Hollywood being run by Homer Simpson? I wouldn’t be surprised if in this version, the rapping Poe hears at his chamber door turns out to be Will Smith’s kid, belting his latest single.